Since the first successful face transplantation, the plastic surgery science behind this amazing procedure has continued to grow and evolve to produce better and better outcomes. In this video, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery," discusses the science, precision, and collaboration needed to perform one of the most recent face transplantation surgery operations."
Read the August 2019 PRS #PlasticSurgery article, "Facial Transplantation for an Irreparable Central and Lower Face Injury: A Modernized Approach to a Classic Challenge" by Kantar, Ceradini, Gelb, Levine, Staffenberg, Saadeh, Flores, Sweeney, Bernstein, and Rodriguez.
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Keywords: plastic surgery; #PRSHotTopic; face; face transplant; face transplantation; vascularized composite allotransplantation; facial; VCA; facial transplantation; composite allotransplantation; reconstructive surgery; head; neck; teeth; bone; 3D printing; tissue; facial injury; 3d-printing technology; facial defects; technology; immunosuppression;
